Oscar Niemeyer: The architect known for his distinctive and frequently curvy style designed the main buildings of Brazil's capital

Also, a personal one for me.

Evelyn Ackerman was an amazing artist who's had an enormous influence on me for years. My wife and I had the opportunity to meet and have a conversation with her last April. The story of Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman in very much like Ray and Charles Eames, there's lot's of info here.

DOH! I was thinking of Joe Morello — Brubecks' drummer. He died last year, I think. He was still sitting in on jams for many years. And hey, sax, drums... they're so much alike, right? (gawd, I'm really startin' to lose it.)

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